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Yesterday while on the phone with Keith Kennedy I found myself eyeing the bees making their way out of my neighbors' hives and all around my yard. And it reminded me of something I hadn't thought about in years... Viollet-le-Duc's theories on restoration architecture in 19th century France. Actually, I'm just here to shamelessly promote our podcast and accept that I'm leaning into this platform this year. Noah Readhead has designated me the LinkedIn voice. Apparently I have thoughts about things? Lots of people have amazing thoughts. That's why we started the Retriever podcast "Hey, Retriever!" a few years back. Most recently we released an episode where my friend, brother-in-arms and creative cohort Matt Ogens and I sat down and talked about the creative drive and his endless pursuit of learning and relearning how we function as individuals moving through creative space. Listen for the lessons, leave on the beautiful high-notes of a delightful soundscape. Eternal thanks to Matt Richmond, Princess Sims, Coann Kurfman and Dane Dickmann for making the podcast a real thing. If you're an ear-kind-of-person, have a listen. Links below. And if you're wondering how this plays into Viollet-le-Duc's theories... it's because the best creative work isn't about repeating what's been done before, it's about getting to the essence of something and trying to elevate it beyond expectation. It's actually super relevant to our world. I guess bees, too; they're always up to neat things, bees. See how I made this very "LinkedIn?" Such Linked. Very In. https://lnkd.in/gZ2XmyTn https://lnkd.in/gYG5tSnP https://lnkd.in/gEa-7qDZ

New work from Retriever Director Cami Thomas, who brought her immense talent and insight to this HR-focused effort for Edward Jones Financial. Outstanding contributions from DP Hezekiah Condron, film specialist Nkosi Roma and stills photographer Miranda Munguia. Big thanks to Senior Producer Josh Guffey and ACD Charlie Nowell at Edward Jones, Jazzy Kettenacker and the whole Outpost crew, and the one and only Derek Phillips for running a tight ship as LP. https://lnkd.in/gr6pt_TF

New work from Retriever Director Cami Thomas, who brought her immense talent and insight to this HR-focused effort for Edward Jones Financial. Outstanding contributions from DP Hezekiah Condron, film specialist Nkosi Roma and stills photographer Miranda Munguia. Big thanks to Senior Producer Josh Guffey and ACD Charlie Nowell at Edward Jones, Jazzy Kettenacker and the whole Outpost crew, and the one and only Derek Phillips for running a tight ship as LP. https://lnkd.in/gr6pt_TF

Friend and Retriever rostered photographer Grace Chon deserves all these nice words and more. She's always a pleasure to work with and a pro's pro. And if you've ever dreamt about switching careers to follow a passion, Grace's origin story is inspiration to take the leap. Thanks to The Phoblographer for sharing, and for giving Retriever a shout out as well. https://lnkd.in/gRVF4Arb

Hard-working. Loyal. Good swimmers. Such is the way of the Retriever, and the way of Retriever, one of the clients I’ve been working with behind the scenes lo these many months. I have been blown away by the talent of this multi-faceted production company with some of the best creatives in motion, photography, and integrated production and post-production. If you’re so inclined, check out spankin’ new website (https://heyretriever.com/) from Brevity | Digital Design & Branding, featuring the works of their incredible roster: Micah Daniel Lewis, Cami Thomas, Keith Kennedy, Matt Richmond, Noah Readhead, Judd Demaline, Grace Chon, Lou Bopp, Charlie Gruet, Bobby Herrera, Izaiah Johnson, Henri Trinh, and Jon Michael Ryan. What a treat it's been to get to the liftoff. #production #photography #commercials #documentary #filmmaker

Q1 tends to be our slow season at Retriever, which makes it a time for special projects: self-reflection, brand analysis, R&D, back-burner big ideas.? And now, at the cusp of Q2, we’ve made progress on some of those projects. That means announcements are in order.? First, we’re very excited to roll out a new Retriever website. Take a spin over at heyretriever.com and let us know what you think.?Thanks to Brevity | Digital Design & Branding for their hard work and creativity in building the site. Second, as you look around, you might notice a few new faces on the roster. We’ll be giving everybody on the roster a featured day on social over the next couple weeks. Until then, allow us to introduce Keith Kennedy, Micah Daniel Lewis, Judd Demaline and Henri Trinh. All seasoned pros and creative forces who expand Retriever’s stylistic offerings. All the original roster members are still here too: Cami Thomas, Charlie Gruet, Bobby Herrera, Grace Chon, Izaiah Johnson, Lou Bopp - plus Jon Michael Ryan, Noah Readhead and me. Anyway, poke around when you have a minute. The new site offers easy tools to filter and explore everyone’s work by director/photographer, style, content type and more.?Hope you like it. We look forward to hearing from you.